Only one player has held the #1 spot for more weeks than Cliff ‘JohnnyBax’ Josephy, but while ‘lena900’ has had 10 turns as the #1-ranked player for 97 weeks, Josephy had one run that lasted an astonishing 74 weeks. That level of success has made Josephy a longstanding favorite of the PocketFives community and his… Continue reading #1 Number One: Holz, Beresford, Gross All Chasing Josephy in Clubs

Every week The PocketFives Milestone Report looks at the online poker players who are achieving career-best achievement or reaching new heights in the rankings

July brought most of the online poker world back together as most players who were in Las Vegas for the summer returned home to restart the virtual grind. It was another contested battle to finish at the top of the PocketFives monthly PLB leaderboard. and this time around, Jonatan ‘Po4teUS’ Hellman finished on top. Hellman… Continue reading Jonatan ‘Pot4etUS’ Hellman Wins July PLB

It’s Wednesday, which means the PocketFives Online Poker Rankingshave been recalculated. For the 11th straight week, Nico PokerKaiser Fierro from Chile stands tall above the rest, this time with a PLB score of 7,402 points, 300 ahead of the next closest person.

On July 2, Canada’s p0cket00(pictured) ascended to the top of the PocketFives Poker Rankingsand stayed there for six straight weeks. It was the longest run by any player since pessagno‘s eight weeks at #1 that started in August of last year. Then, p0cket00 was bucked by pleno1 on August 13 for one week, but quickly… Continue reading PocketFives Rankings Update: p0cket00 Continues Reign at #1

We’re seeing a dynasty of sorts at the top of the PocketFives Rankings, as for the third straight week Canada’s p0cket00is #1 worldwide. Since March, we’ve had one player – Sheater – be ranked #1 for longer than three weeks, and no player has been #1 for longer than four weeks since last October.

One of the biggest jumps inside the top 100 of the PocketFives Online Poker Rankingsthis week went to Ukraine’s gosuoposum1, who rocketed from #49 to #25, or 24 spots. The reason was simple: a win in the PokerStars Sunday 500 for $54,000 over the weekend, which was good for 536 PLB Points. He is up… Continue reading PocketFives Rankings Update: gosuoposum1 Up 24 Spots to #25

Since last October, no one has been able to stay at the top of the PocketFives Online Poker Rankingsfor longer than four weeks. Sure enough, this week was no exception, as Canada’s p0cket00regained the top spot worldwide, surpassing Sweden’s r4ndomr4gs (pictured), who was ranked #1 for a week.

On Wednesday, Sweden’s Andreas Berggren (pictured, image courtesy poker.se), known as r4ndomr4gsin the online poker world, became the new #1 player in the PocketFives Rankings. This is his second stint at #1 and he is fresh off final tabling the PokerStars Sunday 500 over the weekend for $44,000, which helped put him over the top.… Continue reading Everything You’ve Wanted to Know About #1 Ranked r4ndomr4gs

Sweden’s r4ndomr4gsbecame the #1 player in the PocketFives Poker Rankingsthis week. The Gothenburg resident moved up from #2 to #1 this week on the strength of a runner-up finish in the PokerStars Sunday 500 over the weekend for $44,000 and nearly 400 PLB Points. r4ndomr4gs has over $4 million in online MTT cashes, the largest… Continue reading PocketFives Rankings Update: r4ndomr4gs New #1

It took all of one week for Sweden’s Lukas lukethaflukeBerglund (pictured) to reclaim his spot atop the PocketFives Online Poker Rankings. Berglund was ranked #1 for one week from May 21 to 28 until fellow Swede r4ndomr4gs took over. Now, Berglund is back on top for the fourth time.

It has been a rough go for #1 players in the PocketFives Online Poker Rankingsas of late. Since last October, no one has held the top spot on our leaderboard for more than four weeks and we have seen the guard change 17 times. This week, Sweden’s r4ndomr4gs claimed the #1 spot for the first… Continue reading PocketFives Rankings Update: More Turmoil, r4ndomr4gs New #1